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Suzanna

@suzannacrampton.bsky.social

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Ireland, blanket designing shepherd, farms with nature, writes, farm tours, soil health, biodiversity of flora & fauna, dung beetles, regenerative farmer, gardener https://zwartblesireland.com/shop/ https://m.youtube.com/@SuzannaCramptonIreland/featured

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · Nov 12

This beautiful short film, filmed by Shane Hatton shows our farm in May 2023. I talk about why I farm the way I do and the need & importance of dung beetles for biodiversity

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Suzanna Crampton's Regenerative Sheep Farm

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 13h

The end of the road for a young ewe & woodland trail youtu.be/AH85e74i4gY?... via @YouTube Sometimes there’s nothing more I can do except let go&give a merciful death.
It’s been wonderful reopening this trail&filling in holes so I can access with quad.
Lorca gives Ovenmitt a bath

The end of the road for a young ewe & woodland trail work

YouTube video by Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 14h

😄👍🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 1d

Peaceful, realistic, and full of hope. A gem in these times.

Please check it out, subscribe @suzannacrampton.bsky.social's channel, and enjoy the playlists, which convey a sense of life whose quality is directly transmitted virtually.

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my goodness!
My farm/garden life YouTube channel is only a few subscribers away from 10 thousand! I’m sure I’ll never reach a million,I’m not controversial enough.
There’s such a lovely community of people who comment&enjoy my videos.
Only an occasional self-righteous comment

Shows that I only have 10 subscribers till I reach 10 thousand on my channel

A garden photo with red and yellow spiky dalihas in foreground and an almost Red Japanese maple in background with lots of different textured green leaves

Two small dogs sniffing around a huge mushroom

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 1d

With patience and love, she managed to raise the lambs. And her followers have been following the daily videos online all over the world. They drew strength, courage, and hope from the videos. For which we all owe @suzannacrampton.bsky.social thanks. Forever.

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Feeding Bottle Lambs in 2020 - YouTube

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 1d

I totally agree with you. Look at @suzannacrampton.bsky.social as well.

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RenateKappes @renatekappes.bsky.social · 1d

A 🧵 with some of my favorite playlists from @suzannacrampton.bsky.social.

In 2020, lambing season coincided with the first lockdown. Suzanna was alone at #Blacksheepfarm, her friends couldn't come to help her as usual. She was completely on her own.

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Bottle Lambs 2020 - YouTube

I have collected together our Covid19 lock down lamb feeding videos with a few extras of our walks. This way you can see the lambs slowly grow in one long vi...

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 1d

You wonderfully people.
I’ve reached 10 thousand subscribers on my YouTube channel.
Thank you so very much

My YouTube channel shows I have 10,001 subscribers

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 2d

An incredible diversity of mushrooms are popping up everywhere youtu.be/epJz-KEeXa4?... via @YouTube I hosted a tour and 4 dogs aren’t allowed out out so howl their displeasure. Once the tour had left I noted holes in garden colour that just don’t have autumnal impact.

An incredible diversity of mushrooms are popping up everywhere

YouTube video by Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 4d

I know that you might well need a snoring cat to calm your mind.
Cat Thyme sound asleep on some of my paperwork

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 6d

The stage horn sumac is looking stunning in her autumnal colours. Such diversity of colour within one species is what makes nature so wonderfully beautiful.

A view of small trees with jagged leaves in many colours from yellow to orange

A closer view of small trees with jagged leaves in many colours from yellow to orange

A seed head coloured magenta next to orangey red leaves

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 6d

Some raggedy arsed clouds are skittering across the full moon like lacy webs on a ghostly night. I just need to hear a wolf’s howl to complete the atmosphere

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 6d

I walk the woods after the storm & found no damage but beautiful aspects youtu.be/oShvxw5hAEo?... via @YouTube Loads of mushrooms are popping up across the woodland floor. Not much autumn colour yet. After our walk pup Java gets a bath from cat Ovenmitt.

I walk the woods after the storm & found no damage but beautiful aspects

YouTube video by Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yes sorry🤦‍♀️ They did

Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 6d

Goodness me no!!! Alpaca protect flock from foxes and stray dogs. Sheep are bred to sell to other breeders or as meat for myself or my community of clients. Their wool has been used in past to make into yarn and woven into blankets. All part of a small farm enterprise to earn an income

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 7d

A bit of loving going on

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 7d

Yes thank you 😄👍😅

Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 9d

Oh noooo!!! This is truly sad news. A magnificent thoughtful writer

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 9d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 9d

A walk through woods before the storm & before autumnal leaf change youtu.be/pYXGQxTT0Us?... via @YouTube So much wildlife food from beech trees, beech nuts, crab apple, hawthorn&spindle. Smaller trees have thrived this last year where I’ve thinned out ivy to let more sunlight in

A walk through the woods before the storm & before autumnal leaf change

YouTube video by Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 9d

Yes 😄👍

Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 10d

EarFeather will still be bred. LittleBit is still with lamb flock

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 10d

I moved the lamb hoggett flock yesterday and they’re not at all sure about this new gate configuration this morning.
Sadly the gate post has died so must dig out old one and put in a new one.

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 10d

Oreobloom meets up with the boys. She is only going to spend time with one youtu.be/LRXVO_HKWkY?... via @YouTube A stunning sunrise began the day. A cozy cat at end of day with a few sheep and alpaca in between.

Oreobloom meets up with the boys. She is only going to spend time with one

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 11d

The first of October - garden delights
Early autumnal flowers are so heart warming and extend the garden’s floral colours.

Yellow flowers with black centres with purple and red flowers

Yellow/orange flowers with black centres with blue flowers

Yellow flowers with black centres with purple and blue flowers

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 11d

Gardening; transplanting loads of plants I rescued from a friend’s garden youtu.be/16qMOrSNuEg?... via @YouTube All my wildflower babies,that I’ve grown from collected seeds, are doing well. I shall transplant them into our tall grass areas to increase wildflowers in early spring

Gardening; transplanting loads of plants I rescued from a friend’s garden

YouTube video by Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 11d

A hardy geranium